The High Court of Nairobi held that an offense which criminalized the bringing into contempt or exciting defiance to the lawful authority of a public officer was unconstitutional and invalid because it was an unjustifiable limitation of the right to freedom of expression. A prominent blogger and political commentator was arrested and charged with undermining the authority of the President after he described the President as immature in a tweet. The Court reasoned that the purpose for which the offense was adopted, namely to suppress dissent and protect the government at the height of a state emergency, was no longer valid; that the limitation on freedom of speech was neither sufficiently clear nor justified: and that public officers have to tolerate criticism in an open and democratic state.